There are times when an iPod simply won’t do. Don’t get us wrong, thousands of songs accessible at the spin of a neon nano wheel is rad, but there is something to be said for listening to music with an album in hand. Insound (an online resource for independent music) and Mike Perry (a Brooklyn-based graphic artist) would share this sentiment. Perry prefers hand drawings to computer programs and Insound favours vinyl records over MP3s; both have a soft spot for the organic.
You know those Facebook pictures you immediately untagged and cursed your friends for uploading? 55DSL wants those photos, if they happen to be from 1994. To mark their 15th anniversary, 55DSL want fans to send in pictures of themselves from that year (yes, the time when dressing like Donna Martin and The Fresh Prince wasn’t considered embarrassing).
Maybe you don’t have the gold to fund the hunt for a McGinnis or an Emin at Art Basel Miami, but if you’re really sharp, you can head to Paris to score yourself a more hidden treasure. Making its grand debut this week, the premiere edition of the Cutlog art fair caters to emerging artists and the independent galleries that support them.
THE TINY MASTERS OF TODAY SHOW OFF FOR THE BLOCK’S FALL LOOK BOOK
Words Lucy Madison Images Ryan Pfluger
Ivan, age 15, and Ada, age 13, may have started their band as a joke, but the Brooklyn-based brother-sister duo Tiny Masters of Today has never had to ask to be taken seriously: the band’s first gig (at an open-mic night for kids in Brooklyn) was covered in the pages of Newsweek, their first single, “Stickin’ it to the Man” was praised as “genius” by David Bowie, and their first album (which came out in 2007 – you do the math for how old they were then) earned them fans like Karen O and Nick Zinner. And that was just the beginning.
BACKSTAGE AT THE FALL 2009 RUNWAY SHOW Words Susan Locht Images ioulex
It’s 10 a.m. and we’re some of the lucky few backstage at the United Bamboo Fall/Winter 2009 women’s runway show. The never-before-seen organdy blouses, tweed jumpers, and jacquard skirts and dresses – 29 striking looks in all – hang on rolling racks, steamed and sorted and ready for the catwalk. Each ensemble is assigned a model, and each model takes a turn with the hair and make up team, stopping once and a while to have a photo taken for one of the many news media covering the event. Thuy Pham and Miho Aoki, the designers behind the 11-year-old label, are also here, of course, giving interviews and posing for photographers.
DRAWING MODELS, CEDRIC RIVRAIN MIXES HIS PAST, PRESENT, AND FANTASY Words Momoko Price Art Cédric Rivrain
World-famous models pose for Cédric Rivrain. But sometimes real women – even tremor-inducing, drop-dead babes – just don’t cut it. So Rivrain makes them up.
IMAGES GUY AROCH STYLING JAMES WORTHINGTON DEMOLET
Model Emily DiDonato for ReQuest Model Management
Hair Dennis Lanni for Art Dept
Make Up Samantha Trinh using Dior Cosmetics for Atelier Management
Prop Styling Bret Douglas B.A.D. Design Corp
Fashion Assistants Lauren DeLeo and Ileana Lagares
Photography Assistants John Buenaventura and Matthew Sprout
As a child (or even as an adult), did you ever want to don the wolf costume made famous by Maurice Sendak’s beloved character Max? Would it not be exciting to be king for a day? If you’re like us, we here at The Block are anxiously waiting for the premier of Spike Jonze’s Where The Wild Things Are. To tickle our fancy, designer Christian Joy (known for creating the elaborate costumes worn by Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs) has teamed up with Urban Outfitters to showcase five original monster costumes inspired by the title character Max and the book’s Wild Things.
